How does a vintage Tissot connect to Felipe Pikullik and some of the watch world?s most exciting and dynamic young independent watchmakers and brands" If you said through Dutch collector Niels Pedersen, you?d be very much on the right track. Take a quick look over at Niels?s Instagram (@nielsmpe) and you?ll be greeted by a genuinely envy-inducing assortment of watches. Even more remarkable" That each and every watch feels totally at home in Niels?s feed, whether he?s posting a one-of-a-kind piece from an under-the-radar indie, or his latest pickup from Seiko.
So what does a collector like Niels look for in a watch" Well, it turns out it?s a pretty simple recipe. ?Basically, I?m design-driven, so it has to be aesthetically pleasing. So that?s the first? and I want something that?s simple, fixable, and reliable because I?ve been sending watches back and forth to the manufacturer so many times,? he told me. ?Design-driven and something that?s reliable, I?d say.?
 

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Just because it?s easy to express doesn?t mean this simple philosophy wasn?t a lesson learned over time. The path that transformed Niels into the collector he is today started at a young age, with a little help from his mother. ?When I was a kid, my mom used to travel to Asia all the time for work, and every time she would come home, she would have some kind of knockoff watc...